Royals give up lead late and lose 9-7

Doug Waechter gave up three hits and a walk and Joel Peralta gave up a three run walk off homer to Padres’ third basemen Chase Headley as the Padres scored five in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Royals 9-7.

Kyle Davies started and got out of a bases loaded jam while getting in 5.1 innings. He was charged with just one run, but he also walked four batters, which has been Davies’ down fall in the past. Let’s hope that trend doesn’t continue into April.

Mark Teahen continued to pound the ball with a double, two singles and three RBIs. That raised his spring batting average to .514 and gave him 11 RBIs in 11 games. Coco Crisp had two hits, he’s now batting .400. Mitch Maier also tallied his 15th RBI of the spring.

Third basemen Alex Gordon who has missed three games with a sore hamstring continues to take BP in the cage and he is expected to play tonight against Oakland.